Internal NYPD files show that hundreds of officers who committed the most serious offenses — from lying to grand juries to physically attacking innocent people — got to keep their jobs, their pensions, and their tremendous power over New Yorkers' lives. A BuzzFeed News investigation.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School was surrounded by cowering "good guys with guns"

The Locust Grove police officer who was killed on Friday has been identified as has his killer. According to Mayor Robert Price, Chase Maddox, 26, was a five-year veteran of the Locust Grove police department after serving in the National Guard. "He was a good young man who did a good job," Price told 11Alive.

Thanks in large part to the indigenous-led mass mobilization at Standing Rock, there has been a major shift in public awareness and celebrity support for environmental activism. In turn, the government has gone to new lengths to suppress and criminalize this brand of activism. With President Trump’s approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, the FBI, along with local law enforcement agencies, could ramp up its attacks and surveillance of environmentalists in the near future. So far, the government methods have been downright chilling… By Jenna Bitar, ACLU.

Reuters is documenting deaths of people in the United States who were shocked by police with a Taser (often in combination with other forms of force).

The country’s crime classification system is antiquated. Police commanders struggle with no data on an array of technology-based crimes.

“It’s like instant replay in the NFL; I can tell what happened.”

In April 2016, a 13-year-old boy was shot by officers of the Baltimore Police Department. The boy ran when faced with the police, so they gave chase. During the chase, the police spotted the boy holding a gun, and when he turned, they shot the teenager. The youngster wasn’t critically injured, and it seemed like an open-and-shut case of a justifiable use of force.

The Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, the largest labor union representing NYPD cops, has slashed the number of "get out of jail free" cards it hands out to 20 from 30 for current cops and to 10 from 20 for retired police officers, the New York Post reports. The cards are reportedly given to police officers, who distribute them among friends or family — or sell them on eBay. Holders can present them to the police in hopes getting out of minor infractions and avoiding legal trouble. Current and former NYPD members are reportedly furious about the change.

Police accountability needs to be a part of the conversation in the shooting of an innocent man after a prank call

For the third year in a row, the number killed by law enforcement was virtually unchanged.

Call of Duty gamer allegedly made fake emergency call to Wichita cops.

Early on the morning of December 31, 2017, police in the Atlanta suburb of Cartersville arrested 70 people at a house party because no one would claim ownership of a stash of marijuana that totaled less than an ounce.

Let's avoid false dilemmas when exploring blame.

The man wasn't a gamer, but he apparently became the victim of a deadly "prank."

She became a prominent figure calling for an end to police brutality after New York City officers put her father in a fatal chokehold. She suffered brain damage following a heart attack.

Walmart is ending a program that allowed first-time shoplifters to avoid criminal charges by taking an educational course and paying a fine.

A VICE News investigation counted both fatal and nonfatal police shootings nationwide for the first time. Meet the survivors.

"Shaver tried to grab a shred of dignity in the situation, not a weapon, and a hyper-aggressive cop shot him for it."

4th Circuit: We can’t “perceive any circumstance that would justify” such a search. By Cyrus Farivar.